SAM HOUSTON EL

Located at 1213 W 4TH AVE, in CORSICANA, Texas, SAM HOUSTON EL is an intimate K-5 school that educates 422 students (grades K through 4), part of CORSICANA ISD.

SAM HOUSTON EL is one of 8 schools operated by CORSICANA ISD, a district that teaches 5,998 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SAM HOUSTON EL shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 32% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SAM HOUSTON EL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Navarro County's rate of about 71%.

After controlling for student poverty, SAM HOUSTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 42.5%, a residual of +3.9 points.

Around the school, census data for Navarro County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,111 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Navarro County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,681 students), SAM HOUSTON EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BOWIE EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SAM HOUSTON EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. SAM HOUSTON EL's enrollment has expanded 31% since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 422). Hispanic enrollment moved from 73% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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